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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Angela Dawn
dc.contributor.authorAustin, William
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Katharine
dc.contributor.authorBird, Clare
dc.contributor.authorSchweizer, Magali
dc.contributor.authorDarling, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-08T16:30:13Z
dc.date.available2016-07-08T16:30:13Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-07
dc.identifier.citationRoberts , A D , Austin , W , Evans , K , Bird , C , Schweizer , M & Darling , K 2016 , ' A new integrated approach to taxonomy : the fusion of molecular and morphological systematics with type material in benthic foraminifera ' , PLoS One , vol. 11 , no. 7 , e0158754 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158754en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 244115636
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 4e126b2e-1e38-4f1a-ab52-8bbaf4fe4728
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 84978631958
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000379811500042
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/9099
dc.descriptionThis work was supported by NERC grant NE4/G018502/1 and NE/G020310/1 (Website: http://www.nerc.ac.uk). The authors also thank the following for their support the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Website: http://www.carnegie-trust.org) and the Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science Association (Website: http://www.ecsanews.org). M.S. was also supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), fellowships for advanced researchers PA00P2_126226 and PA00P2_142065 (Website: http://www.snf.ch/en/Pages/default.aspx).en
dc.description.abstractA robust and consistent taxonomy underpins the use of fossil material in palaeoenvironmental research and long-term assessment of biodiversity. This study presents a new integrated taxonomic protocol for benthic foraminifera by unequivocally reconciling the traditional taxonomic name to a specific genetic type. To implement this protocol, a fragment of the small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene is used in combination with 16 quantitative morphometric variables to fully characterise the benthic foraminiferal species concept of Elphidium williamsoni Haynes, 1973. A combination of live contemporary topotypic specimens, original type specimens and specimens of genetic outliers were utilised in this study. Through a series of multivariate statistical tests we illustrate that genetically characterised topotype specimens are morphologically congruent with both the holotype and paratype specimens of E. williamsoni Haynes, 1973. We present the first clear link between morphologically characterised type material and the unique SSU rRNA genetic type of E. williamsoni. This example provides a standard framework for the benthic foraminifera which bridges the current discontinuity between molecular and morphological lines of evidence, allowing integration with the traditional Linnaean roots of nomenclature to offer a new prospect for taxonomic stability.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS Oneen
dc.rights© 2016 Roberts et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en
dc.subjectQH301 Biologyen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subject.lccQH301en
dc.titleA new integrated approach to taxonomy : the fusion of molecular and morphological systematics with type material in benthic foraminiferaen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorNERCen
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dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotlanden
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Instituteen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Geography & Sustainable Developmenten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Geography and Geosciencesen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158754
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.identifier.urlhttp://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0158754#sec023en
dc.identifier.grantnumberNE/G018502/1en


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